Women's Tennis

Cougars Fall To Local Rival Worcester State

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester State University women's tennis team posted a 6-3 win over the Clark University Cougars Thursday evening at the Corash Tennis Courts located on the campus of Clark.

Worcester State began the match out with two back-to-back doubles wins as Nathalie Khafaga (Auburn, Mass.) and Lauren Taylor (Attleboro, Mass.) defeated Anna Gates (North Scituate, R.I) and Katie Benson (Hudson, Mass.) by a score of 8-4, and Alexis Silk (Greenfield, Mass.) and Rachel Green (Worcester, Mass.) downed Chloe Dunnell andMaggie Tarbox by a score of 8-2. The Lancers took one loss in doubles, as they had to forfeit the No. 3 slot.

Clark's Gates sercured a point at number one singles with a win over Khafaga and and Clark scored its second and third point via forfeit.